Developed by
Target Games Limited
Released
1988
Also For
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, PC-98
Published by
Target Games Limited

Perspective
Top-down
Pacing
Turn-based
Genre
Strategy/Tactics
Setting
Sci-Fi / Futuristic

Description

In Laser Squad you control a group of space marine-like soldiers (and the occasional cyborg). Before taking them into battle (viewed from above and progressing in turns), you must buy them weapons and armour with a predetermined amount of credits, taking into account the individual abilities of your squad. Unlike X-COM, the soldiers do not gain experience over time.
The game also features a two player hotseat multiplayer option.

Initial ZX Spectrum release (and C64 & Amstrad CPC cassette tape releases) had three missions:

• 1: The Assassins - where you must face down Sterner Regnix and his guards
• 2: Moonbase Assault - which challenges you to destroy the OmniCorp database
• 3: Rescue from the Mines - eschew violence in favour of a rescue mission

• 4: The Cyber Hordes - defend a rebel station and its seven stabilizer cores from an advancing imperial droid invasion
• 5: Paradise Valley - following the destruction of the stabilizer cores, escape from the colony with the device containing blueprints for advanced rebel starfighter

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry